My life is kinda awesome sometimes
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lexme: MY TEACHER REALLY IS WHEELJACK
Ally: YESSS, TELL ME OF WHEELJACK. I MEAN. YOUR TEACHER. WHATEVER.
me: AHAHAHA
well are you familiar with sodium
wait no let me back up
Ally: ahahahah
me: Yesterday he said, "Hey, it's been a while since we blew anything up! Let's blow stuff up tomorrow."
Ally: omg.
me: I am not even paraphrasing
he said that
Ally: I-- I wish I had him for my teacher XD
me: So today he brought in a bunch of cool stuff to show us! He brought in the vanadium ion solutions I took that picture of with Starscream, and he brought in some gallium - it's a metal but like mercury it's liquid at room temperature!
Ally: oh man that's so cool D:
me: He had that in an open vial and passed it around XD Everyone was like swirl swirl ooooooh
...it is basically almost as dangerous as mercury
and then he was like OKAY I HAVE THIS FLASK OF - OH HEY DON'T TELL ANYONE I HAVE THIS FLASK
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BRING IT IN, IF I DROP IT WE HAVE TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING
Ally: PFFFFT
OH MY GOD
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
me: He had a freaking flask of mercury XD
He didn't pass it around, but he wanted us to feel how heavy it is so he kinda thumped it into everyone's hands
I love this teacher so much. XD
So then he brought out the sodium!
Ally: man, a cool teacher makes all the difference :<
me: He is seriously so awesome. This class would be the death of me if it weren't for him.
So the sodium! This is the exciting part
He showed us the lump of sodium and cut a piece off and blah blah properties of metals blah
Ally: ooooh what happened :D
me: It's a soft, silvery metal that oxidizes quickly, it turns a dull grey, but he was basically cutting it with a butterknife.
So he cuts off a little piece and then runs over to the board and writes out the equation for what happens when you mix pure sodium with water, which releases hydrogen gas and a lot of heat
and he was like "so basically it sets itself on fire! But just in case it doesn't do that, I have this propane torch and some sticks"
Ally: oh my god XDDDDDD
me: I love this guy so much XD
Ally: he sounds fucking amazing
me: So he cuts off a tiny piece of sodium and drops it into the bowl of water and jumps back - we're all around the edge of the room at this point, with safety goggles on, because by now WE HAVE MET THIS GUY OKAY
WHEN HE JUMPS, YOU RUN XD
Ally: AHAHAH
THIS IS SO EXCITING, I AM SO JEALOUS!
me: So the little piece dances around a bit and doesn't catch on fire so he lights the stick and sets it on fire, and then he's like URGH GOD THIS SMOKE, WHAT IS IN THESE STICKS
and then he was like "well they're just kabob skewers I guess there's something in them, we were out of the sticks I was supposed to use so I got these"
Ally: Ahahahahaha XD
me: So then he's like OKAY LET'S DO A BIGGER PIECE
so in goes a bigger piece, and it sets itself on fire for a bit
then he's like OKAY MORE, LET'S GET THIS PIECE IN THERE and he drops it in and jumps back like that last two times, all his usual energy and excitement
and then he pauses and says quietly, "...that's a really big piece."
Ally: oh shiiiiii-
me: I know right XD I was like "oh god, this is the guy who lit THERMITE and forgot to tell the front row of the lecture hall to move so they wouldn't get covered in sparks and molten iron"
"and he is basically saying the equivalent of UH OH"
"shit just got real"
and then it exploded
Ally: WAS IT AWESOME
me: XD Not really
Ally: awwww :<
me: Just a POP and the sodium, all lit on fire of course, showered about a two-foot radius
It was like a half-inch diameter piece
Ally: that IS awesome, to me! :D I never see explosions!
me: XD It was a kinda cute explosion
ANYWAY this is still not the best part
He let the demonstration table sit for a bit so the sodium all over it would oxidize, and then he put everything away
and then he was checking to see if there was sodium still on it, which is hard to tell because it's really scarred and messed up
so - get this - he touched the table and then LICKED HIS FINGER.
please remember what I just told you about sodium and water.
Ally: ...oh god
*dying*
me: XD So he goes AH OW yes there's sodium
and then I kid you not
he did it AGAIN
I turned around and I was like OH MY GOD DUDE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
He was like "checking for sodium! What are you doing?"
"...homework."
"Good! :D "
Ally: XDDDDDDD
BRILLIANT
oh god Wheeljack is your teacher XD
me: I love him so much XD
Ally: YESSS, TELL ME OF WHEELJACK. I MEAN. YOUR TEACHER. WHATEVER.
me: AHAHAHA
well are you familiar with sodium
wait no let me back up
Ally: ahahahah
me: Yesterday he said, "Hey, it's been a while since we blew anything up! Let's blow stuff up tomorrow."
Ally: omg.
me: I am not even paraphrasing
he said that
Ally: I-- I wish I had him for my teacher XD
me: So today he brought in a bunch of cool stuff to show us! He brought in the vanadium ion solutions I took that picture of with Starscream, and he brought in some gallium - it's a metal but like mercury it's liquid at room temperature!
Ally: oh man that's so cool D:
me: He had that in an open vial and passed it around XD Everyone was like swirl swirl ooooooh
...it is basically almost as dangerous as mercury
and then he was like OKAY I HAVE THIS FLASK OF - OH HEY DON'T TELL ANYONE I HAVE THIS FLASK
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BRING IT IN, IF I DROP IT WE HAVE TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING
Ally: PFFFFT
OH MY GOD
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
me: He had a freaking flask of mercury XD
He didn't pass it around, but he wanted us to feel how heavy it is so he kinda thumped it into everyone's hands
I love this teacher so much. XD
So then he brought out the sodium!
Ally: man, a cool teacher makes all the difference :<
me: He is seriously so awesome. This class would be the death of me if it weren't for him.
So the sodium! This is the exciting part
He showed us the lump of sodium and cut a piece off and blah blah properties of metals blah
Ally: ooooh what happened :D
me: It's a soft, silvery metal that oxidizes quickly, it turns a dull grey, but he was basically cutting it with a butterknife.
So he cuts off a little piece and then runs over to the board and writes out the equation for what happens when you mix pure sodium with water, which releases hydrogen gas and a lot of heat
and he was like "so basically it sets itself on fire! But just in case it doesn't do that, I have this propane torch and some sticks"
Ally: oh my god XDDDDDD
me: I love this guy so much XD
Ally: he sounds fucking amazing
me: So he cuts off a tiny piece of sodium and drops it into the bowl of water and jumps back - we're all around the edge of the room at this point, with safety goggles on, because by now WE HAVE MET THIS GUY OKAY
WHEN HE JUMPS, YOU RUN XD
Ally: AHAHAH
THIS IS SO EXCITING, I AM SO JEALOUS!
me: So the little piece dances around a bit and doesn't catch on fire so he lights the stick and sets it on fire, and then he's like URGH GOD THIS SMOKE, WHAT IS IN THESE STICKS
and then he was like "well they're just kabob skewers I guess there's something in them, we were out of the sticks I was supposed to use so I got these"
Ally: Ahahahahaha XD
me: So then he's like OKAY LET'S DO A BIGGER PIECE
so in goes a bigger piece, and it sets itself on fire for a bit
then he's like OKAY MORE, LET'S GET THIS PIECE IN THERE and he drops it in and jumps back like that last two times, all his usual energy and excitement
and then he pauses and says quietly, "...that's a really big piece."
Ally: oh shiiiiii-
me: I know right XD I was like "oh god, this is the guy who lit THERMITE and forgot to tell the front row of the lecture hall to move so they wouldn't get covered in sparks and molten iron"
"and he is basically saying the equivalent of UH OH"
"shit just got real"
and then it exploded
Ally: WAS IT AWESOME
me: XD Not really
Ally: awwww :<
me: Just a POP and the sodium, all lit on fire of course, showered about a two-foot radius
It was like a half-inch diameter piece
Ally: that IS awesome, to me! :D I never see explosions!
me: XD It was a kinda cute explosion
ANYWAY this is still not the best part
He let the demonstration table sit for a bit so the sodium all over it would oxidize, and then he put everything away
and then he was checking to see if there was sodium still on it, which is hard to tell because it's really scarred and messed up
so - get this - he touched the table and then LICKED HIS FINGER.
please remember what I just told you about sodium and water.
Ally: ...oh god
*dying*
me: XD So he goes AH OW yes there's sodium
and then I kid you not
he did it AGAIN
I turned around and I was like OH MY GOD DUDE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
He was like "checking for sodium! What are you doing?"
"...homework."
"Good! :D "
Ally: XDDDDDDD
BRILLIANT
oh god Wheeljack is your teacher XD
me: I love him so much XD
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